The dearth of teenagers his age on the street had led to Mrs Feilds asking him to watch her baby for a few minutes on a Saturday soon after the baby was born and his reliability had led to Mrs Feilds asking him to watch her son again.

Her growing confidence in his trustworthiness had caused her to ask him to babysit several times more.

She had been engaging him to babysit her son on a more frequent basis as the baby had gotten older.

Theodore didn’t particularly like changing ‘dirty’ diapers, but he accepted his fate with a reasonably cheerful attitude.

He didn’t seem to have any problems taking care of the baby and Mrs Feilds’s son loved Theodore.